Are people born free? Do governments give rights to citizens or do citizens give-up some rights in exchange for good government? These are stories about people seeking and achieving their civil rights.
Bessie Coleman, a pioneering aviator, was born 125 years ago on January 26, 1892. In 1921, she became the first African-American female pilot. To make...
Florie is sentenced to hang, but after a public outcry against , Queen Victoria intervenes. Flories sentence is changed from death to 15 years in pri...
Since the death of her father, Katniss is responsible for hunting and gathering food for her families even though the government forbids it.
Governments ration food and many other items during both world wars.
Many Russians free from German concentration camps must enter "Labor Camps" when they return home.
Many of the leaders of the fight to end slavery are former slaves themselves.
Mary relies on her deep Catholic faith as she prepares for her execution.
Tone is taken prisoner with his French colleagues and is charged as a traitor to Britain.
Pienaar serves as captain of the Springboks during the 1995 World Rugby Cup and works with Mandela to create national support for the team.
Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American, ignores internment orders and his arrest and internment go to the Supreme Court, where is he found guilty.
The weaving of the culure of South Carolina was due to a human mosaic blending of people. Indicator 8-1.4
John Quincy Adams wins the Amistad case for the captives, but there is no money to pay for the Africans' passage back to their homes.
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